GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| forebears | ancestor |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| sleek | slick |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |